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br00ksintexas · Jan 7, 2006, 03:21 PM

OK. I don't know if this is the right forum to post this question in, but I'll "assume" since you're all into overclocking your rigs, that someone in here HAS to know the answer to this question.

I'm putting together a gaming rig. It was going to be a Budget Gaming rig, but somewhere I got tired of the idea of vanilla video cards. (I was going to go with an ATI x800gto)
Well..here's the new layout, but I'm not positive about if it'll all fit together or not.
Motherboard-DFI LP UT nF4 SLI-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
GPU-BFG Tech BFGR78512GTXOC Geforce 7800GTX 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
Ram-G.SKILL Extreme Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 500 (PC 4000) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ - Retail
Processor-AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3800BPBOX - Retail

I'm still undecided on the case and psu, but I'm thinking Thermaltake on both of these pieces.

Here's the questions.
1. Would anyone know if this setup on this particular board will be stable in STOCK settings. If not, where would I go to find out?
2. Will this GPU clear the cooling fan on the mobo. I've heard of issues with some GPU's hitting the cooling fans on the onboard chipsets, so I don't know. Especially since this is such a massive GPU. Also, would 2 in SLI mode clear the same fan, or even fit on the mobo in the pci-e slots?
Finally, 3. Should this particular ram be stable in this mobo. I've read, again, many places, where people seem to have problems with this mobo and dual sticks of ram. I'd really like to stick with it though (the mobo), if possible, because it seems to have the most overclocking potential in the future.

Thanks in advance for your consideration and answers ahead of time. I look forward to hearing all of your thoughts and comments.
Kev

Jan 7, 2006, 03:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
br00ksintexas DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2005 Location: Watauga, Texas (Just N. of Ft. Worth and S. of Keller) Posts: 119	GPU/Motherboard Question OK. I don't know if this is the right forum to post this question in, but I'll "assume" since you're all into overclocking your rigs, that someone in here HAS to know the answer to this question. I'm putting together a gaming rig. It was going to be a Budget Gaming rig, but somewhere I got tired of the idea of vanilla video cards. (I was going to go with an ATI x800gto) Well..here's the new layout, but I'm not positive about if it'll all fit together or not. Motherboard-DFI LP UT nF4 SLI-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail GPU-BFG Tech BFGR78512GTXOC Geforce 7800GTX 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail Ram-G.SKILL Extreme Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 500 (PC 4000) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ - Retail Processor-AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3800BPBOX - Retail I'm still undecided on the case and psu, but I'm thinking Thermaltake on both of these pieces. Here's the questions. 1. Would anyone know if this setup on this particular board will be stable in STOCK settings. If not, where would I go to find out? 2. Will this GPU clear the cooling fan on the mobo. I've heard of issues with some GPU's hitting the cooling fans on the onboard chipsets, so I don't know. Especially since this is such a massive GPU. Also, would 2 in SLI mode clear the same fan, or even fit on the mobo in the pci-e slots? Finally, 3. Should this particular ram be stable in this mobo. I've read, again, many places, where people seem to have problems with this mobo and dual sticks of ram. I'd really like to stick with it though (the mobo), if possible, because it seems to have the most overclocking potential in the future. Thanks in advance for your consideration and answers ahead of time. I look forward to hearing all of your thoughts and comments. Kev